Wonderfoods

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Jackfruit (or Panasa in odia) is an under-utilised species mostly grown as fringe forest tree and tribal -rural food. Off late the vegan movement termed it as a wonder / super / miracle food. With the advent of COVID-19 its seeds have anti-viral properties have come out in research papers. The seeds are traditionally used as vegetables or snacks along. The fruits are tasty and has many applications of eating raw, as syrup or making candy. The pain point it addresses is at a cross-section pf people, planet and profit meaning here is a god’s gift that is available at wild that can be cultivated and with a promotion of an small and medium business it can provide ample employment opportunities in the forest-food value chain. With the aim of PANASA : People Action for Sustainable Agriculture, SHRISTI promoted it along with its projects, co-promoters are bringing in skills of food processing and market to make this unique product available to urban consumers. We jointly aim to provide whole food plant-based meat alternatives that help people cut down on meat consumption, shrink our carbon footprint, and reduce the negative environmental impacts of animal agriculture. Also, unlike many meat-alternative products, which are highly processed and require all the additional resources that that involves, jackfruit is a natural, whole food option.

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